Indiana Judicial Center

The state court offices located at 30 S. Meridian St. in downtown Indianapolis are open Thursday. The building was evacuated
and workers were sent home early after several underground transformer explosions Wednesday afternoon.

An underground transformer explosion in downtown Indianapolis has prompted the evacuation of the building that houses several
state court agencies, including the Division of State Court Administration and the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.

A first-ever review of Indiana’s Parenting Time Guidelines is nearing completion. Among the proposed changes: New language
dealing with online communication between parents and children, and revised rules regarding overnight visitation.

The Domestic Relations Committee and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Judicial Conference of Indiana have developed
proposed parenting coordination rules and commentary. Parenting coordinators are used to help resolve disputes between parents
regarding children. Currently, there are no existing Indiana Supreme Court rules covering the area.

Judicial education inside Indiana used to be much more like law school, where a knowledgeable "professor" would stand at the
front of a room and lecture to "students" in the audience about a particular topic. That was how it was three decades
ago, before Cathy Springer signed on as the Indiana Judicial Center's education director.